Description
Book SynopsisThe Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment provides the most comprehensive reference for a vast number of topics relevant to crime and punishment with a unique focus on the multi/interdisciplinary and international aspects of these topics and historical perspectives on crime and punishment around the world.
Trade ReviewThis work may just start a revolution in the production of subject encyclopedias...concisely written entries refrain from excessive technical jargon without compromising definitions or information. Articles are comprehensible to students and professionals or criminal-justice aficionados alike...This resource belongs in every public and academic library...."
Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels -
CHOICE, Editor Picks, November 2016Table of ContentsVolume I
About the Editors vii
Notes on Contributors ix
Lexicon xliii
Introduction xlvii
Acknowledgments xlix
Crime and Punishment A–C 1
Volume II
Crime and Punishment D–N 467
Volume III
Crime and Punishment O–Z 913
Index 1319
